Public Discussion – Envisioning Indigenous Partnership: Promoting Reconciliation

DATE: APR 10, 2014

TIME: 7:00 PM-9:00 PM

LOCATION: KINSELLA AUDITORIUM, ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY, FREDERICTON, NB, CANADA

This event is bringing experts in Aboriginal Law and Indigenous Philosophy from across the country to discuss the reconciliation between Canadian interests and the pre-existing interests of Indigenous peoples located within Canada. The discussion, Envisioning Indigenous Partnership: Promoting Reconciliation, will be held Thursday, April 10th, 2014 from 7:00-9:00 pm in the Kinsella Auditorium.

Together, Val Napoleon, a member of the Salteau First Nation and Law Foundation Professor of Aboriginal Justice and Governance at the University of Victoria, Gordon Christie, University of British Columbia’s Director of Indigenous Legal Studies, and Dale Turner, Dartmouth College Associate Professor of Government and Native American Studies, will discuss various topics including the resurgence of Indigenous Legal Orders, decolonization, and steps for a just reconciliation.

“The colonization of Indigenous peoples in Canada created great political, economic, and social inequality. How Canada chooses to reconcile the past with the future will challenge the principles and values that define Canada and Canadians,” said Arielle Dylan, organizer and Social Work professor and Bartholemew Smallboy, Research Assistant and co-organizer.

“The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada recently stated that reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and Canadian’s interests will shape the Supreme Court in the years to come.”

This event is open to the public and is generously supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada. It is co-sponsored by the Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network.